I've been getting a ton of emails asking for another update on the People's Choice CMS awards since the last time I shared it so I thought now would be a good time to do so again.
Without further hesitation, here are the results as they stand so far. Keep in mind we still have about a month and a bit to go so the results can change at any time. There are definitely a few upsets since the last time I posted this.
For major changes, I'll put a note below the result and tell you what changed.
Best Cloud CMS for SMB
- LightCMS – 49%
- Surreal CMS – 28%
- Acquia Cloud – 22%
Best Cloud CMS for Enterprise
- Acquia Cloud – 50%
- Clickability – 28%
- CrownPeak – 22%
Best CMS for Corporate Intranets
- Liferay – 46%
- Entando – 33%
- ocPortal – 21%
Best eCommerce Solution for SMB
- Prestashop – 44%
- Shopify – 42%
- ASPx Commerce – 14%
Prestashop is really starting to pull ahead from a previous second place with 35% to a 44% jump to #1 they are obviously rallying their forces and pushing for a win.
Best eCommerce Solution for Enterprise
- Prestashop – 45%
- Shopify – 35%
- BigCommerce – 20%
Again, Prestashop is really starting to take over in the eCommerce space, can Shopify & BigCommerce rally enough to pull off a win? We'll have to see.
Best Free Forum Solution
- Vanilla Forums – 35%
- MyBB – 33%
- NodeBB – 31%
We have a very tight race here for the three forum solutions. It's anyones game at this point.
Best Commercial Forum Solution
- Vanilla Forums – 41%
- Ninja Post – 36%
- IP.Board – 22%
Best Enterprise PHP CMS
- Drupal – 58%
- Typo 3 – 23%
- eZ Publish – 19%
Best Enterprise Java CMS
- Hippo – 50%
- Adobe AEM – 31%
- Jahia – 19%
Best Enterprise .NET CMS
- Sitecore – 43%
- Kentico – 28%
- Sitefinity – 28%
Interestingly, Sitecore is in the lead but Kentico and Sitefinity are battling it out for second place and are completely tied. Can someone rally to take out last year's winner, Sitecore? We'll have to wait and see.
Best Enterprise CMS (Other Langs)
- Plone – 43%
- Mura CMS – 40%
- Paperthin Commonspot – 17%
Best Free PHP CMS
- Joomla – 62%
- Concrete5 – 24%
- ProcessWire – 14%
Best Free Java CMS
- Magnolia – 45%
- dotCMS – 28%
- Liferay – 27%
Best Free .NET CMS
- Umbraco – 44%
- Sageframe – 29%
- DNN Platform – 27%
Best Free CMS (Other Langs)
- Mura CMS – 52%
- Plone – 48%
Mura CMS overtakes Plone but only by a margin, can they hold on to the lead?
Best Open Source PHP CMS
- Joomla! – 65%
- MODx – 18%
- eZ Publish – 18%
MODx and eZ Publish are tied for second, can they rally enough to take out Joomla? You never know.
Best Open Source Java CMS
- Magnolia – 40%
- Liferay – 37%
- dotCMS – 23%
Best Open Source .NET CMS
- Umbraco – 44%
- Sageframe – 29%
- DNN Platform – 23%
Best Open Source CMS (Other Langs)
- Mura CMS – 53%
- Plone – 47%
Best Small to Midsize Business PHP CMS
- CMS Made Simple – 41%
- Craft CMS – 30%
- ImpressPages – 29%
Best Small to Midsize Business Java CMS
- Liferay – 64%
- Percussion CM1 – 36%
Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS
- Orchard – 44%
- Envisage CMS – 30%
- DNN Evoq Content – 26%
Best Small to Midsize Business CMS (Other Langs)
Best Website Builder
- Wix – 43%
- Squarespace – 35%
- Weebly – 22%
There you have it. The results so far.